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1 Critical Illness Insurance What is Critical Illness Insurance Whereas life insurance has been readily available for literally hundreds of years, critical illness insurance is a relatively recent development. There are a wide range of Canadian insurance companies who offer a critical illness policy. The terms and conditions will vary from company to company, but the following ailments are insurable by virtually all insurers (Base Coverage): Heart Attack Coronary Bypass Surgery Prostate Cancer Stroke Breast Cancer Other life threatening cancer In Addition, the following conditions are insured, depending on which insurance company is chosen (Enhanced Coverage): Multiple Sclerosis Kidney Failure Major Organ Transplant Aorta Graft Surgery Benign Brain Tumour Coma Heart Valve Surgery Pre Senile Dementia (Alzheimer's) HIV Assault with Needle Loss of Independent Existence Loss of Speech Parkinson's Disease Paralysis/Paraplegia Severe Burns Balloon Angioplasty Blindness in both eyes Coronary Artery Disease HIV through Blood Transfusion HIV Medical Profession Loss of Hearing Loss of Limb Motor Neurone Disease

2 Why The Need For Critical Illness Insurance Almost everyone has a relative or friend who has suffered from a major, possibly fatal, illness. It is a sad truth. Protect yourself and your family. The numbers, speak for themselves: Critical Illness Statistics Of 10 Healthy male adults, 3 will have a critical illness before age 65 Of 10 healthy female adults, 2.7 will have a critical illness before age 65 Insure against Heart Attack (From the Heart and Stroke Foundation) 1 in 4 Canadians will contract some form of heart disease 75,000 Canadians suffer heart attacks each year Heart disease costs the Canadian economy approximately $19 billion every year in medical services, hospitalization expenses, loss of income and loss of productivity The rate of death among patients hospitalized for heart attacks has been decreased by half, from 16 per cent to 8 per cent 1 in 2 heart attack victims are under the age of 65 Insure against Stroke (From the Heart and Stroke Foundation) 50,000 Canadians suffer a stroke each year 75% survive the initial event strokes are the leading cause of neurological disability 1/3 of stroke victims are under the age of 65 60% of stroke victims will be left with a disability

3 Insure against Cancer (From the Canadian Cancer Society) more than 130,000 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer this year over 60,000 people in Canada will die this year from the disease 1 in 3 Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetime 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2.5 men will develop cancer in their lifetime. Insure against Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (From the the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario/Canada) bypass surgery is performed more on men than women by a ratio of nearly 4 to 1 there are approximately 11,000 bypass surgeries performed in Canada each year the rate at which bypass surgery is performed on people age 65 and older has increased Insure against Multiple Sclerosis (From the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada) More than 50,000 Canadians have Multiple Sclerosis MS is the most common neurological disease among young Canadians Canadians have one of the highest rates of MS in the world. Women are twice as likely to develop MS as men Insure against Parkinsons Disease (From the Parkinson's Foundation of Canada) 30% of all Parkinson's patients are under 50

4 20% of all Parkinson's patients are under 40 there are approximately 80, ,000 Canadians suffering from Parkinson's Insure against Paralysis (From the National Spinal Cord Injury Association of Canada) There is an estimated 900 Canadians who sustain a spinal cord injury each year More than 30,000 Canadians suffer from paralysis of 2 or more limbs Most persons who suffer spinal cord injury are between 16 and 30 years of age The most common causes of spinal cord injury are car collisions and falls Insure against Alzheimers Disease (From the Canadian Alzheimer Society) Alzheimer Disease is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada Every year approximately 10,000 Canadians die from Alzheimer's Approximately 1 in 100 Canadians suffer from Alzheimer's disease There are approximately 22,000 people in Metro Toronto with Alzheimer's The disease occurs in 8% of the general population over 60 Insure against Kidney Failure (From the Kidney Foundation of Canada) Kidney disease ranks sixth among diseases causing death in Canada Each day an average of 8 Canadians learn that their kidneys have failed Approximately 2000 Canadians are on a waiting list for kidney transplant 351 kidney transplants were performed in Ontario in in 10 will develop kidney stones at some point in their lives

5 Insure against Deafness (From the Canadian Hearing Society) 280,000 Canadians are deaf 1,120,000 Canadians are hard of hearing 1,400,000 do not use amplification There are more than 2,800,000 Canadians with hearing loss Insure against Occupational HIV (From the Canadian Aids Society) Approximately 4.4 million health care workers suffer 800,000 needle sticks and other injuries from sharp objects annually An estimated 16,000 of these objects are contaminated with HIV

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